Make a passport size photo, and a sheet to print

Make a passport size photo at 35x45 mm or 2x2 in, then get a printable sheet of copies with cutting guides. Runs on your device, and nothing is uploaded.

๐Ÿ”’ Runs in your browser

Two different jobs, and most tools only do one

Search for a passport photo maker and you will get a single digital file back.

That is fine if you are uploading to a portal. It is useless if you need printed photos โ€” for a paper form, a visa appointment, a school record, an ID card. For that you need a sheet: one 4 x 6 print carrying several copies, which any photo shop will produce for a few coins and which you cut up yourself.

This does both. Frame the face once, then choose.

Getting the physical size right

A passport photo is specified in millimetres, not pixels. 35 x 45 mm nearly everywhere; 2 x 2 inches in the United States.

That only means anything on paper, so the sheet is built from the physical measurement at 300 DPI and laid out with real margins and cutting gaps. Printed at 100%, a ruler on the paper reads 35 mm.

โš ๏ธ Print at 100%. Leaving "fit to page" or "scale to fit" ticked is the single most common way a sheet is wasted โ€” every photo comes out slightly wrong and the whole print is scrap.

A useful cross-check on the arithmetic: 2 inches at 300 DPI is exactly 600 px, which is precisely the US State Department's stated minimum for a digital visa photo. And 35 x 45 mm at 300 DPI is 413 x 531 px, the figure Indian portals ask for. The physical and digital specifications agree.

Which size do I need?

  • 35 x 45 mm โ€” the ICAO-derived size used by most of the world, including the UK, the EU, India, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria and Pakistan.
  • 2 x 2 in (51 x 51 mm) โ€” the United States, and square rather than portrait.
  • 35 x 35 mm โ€” a square variant asked for by some Indian state and exam applications. Check your form before using it.

Only genuine standards are offered. A long list of near-identical national variants copied from photo vendors would look thorough and be wrong in places, and a wrong passport photo size costs an appointment.

What this cannot do

It cannot tell you whether your photo will be accepted, and any tool claiming to is overstating itself.

Dimensions are objectively measurable, so that part is solved. Head height, expression, whether hair crosses the frame edge, background colour, glasses and head coverings are judged by the issuing authority against rules that differ by country and are sometimes applied by a person. Read your own portal's guidance for those.

If your portal also demands an exact file size in KB, use resize an image in KB after this.

This tool runs entirely inside your browser. Your file is never uploaded โ€” it never leaves your device, so there is nothing for us or anyone else to read, store or leak.

Common questions

What size is a passport photo?

In most of the world it is 35 x 45 mm, a size derived from the ICAO standard - that covers the UK, the EU, India, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria and Pakistan among many others. The United States is the significant exception at 2 x 2 inches, or 51 x 51 mm, and square rather than portrait. At 300 DPI those work out as 413 x 531 px and 600 x 600 px respectively.

How do I print passport photos at home or at a shop?

Choose the printable sheet, which lays out as many copies as fit on a 4 x 6 inch photo print or an A4 page with thin cutting guides between them. Take the file to any photo shop or print it yourself. The one thing that matters is printing at 100 percent - if you leave "fit to page" or "scale to fit" ticked, every photo comes out the wrong physical size and the whole sheet is wasted.

How many photos fit on a 4 x 6 print?

Six copies at 35 x 45 mm, or four at the American 2 x 2 inch size, once margins and cutting gaps are allowed for. An A4 page fits considerably more - useful if a family is applying together. The exact count is shown on screen before you download, because it depends on both the photo size and the paper you choose.

Will this tell me if my photo will be accepted?

No, and any tool claiming otherwise is overstating what it can do. This gets the dimensions right, which is the part that is objectively measurable. Head height, expression, whether your hair crosses the edge of the frame, background colour, glasses and head coverings are judged by the issuing authority against rules that vary by country and are sometimes applied by a human. Read your own portal guidance for those.

Is my photograph uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything runs inside your browser tab, so the image never leaves your device and the tool keeps working with your connection switched off after the page has loaded. That matters more than usual here, because a passport photo is an identity document and this is a picture of your face.

Written and maintained by Mustak Momin ยท Last reviewed